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Amazon Sues Alexaholic

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the at-last-it's-time dept.

theodp writes "ZDNet reports that as Jeff Bezos tap-danced out of a cringe moment at Web 2.0 Expo prompted by Tim O'Reilly's questioning of why Amazon couldn't get along with Alexaholic (now Statsaholic), Amazon had already filed a lawsuit to legally spank the tiny company into oblivion."

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  1. Reasons to like Alexa? by drgonzo59 · · Score: 4, Informative
    From an excerpt in the article titled "Reasons to like Alexa" a response to the claim that Alexa's data is not representative was Statistical significance is attainable with only a small subset of the population - ask a pollster or a high school math teacher..

    That is a mistake, or rather a mistaken response to the claim. Yes, statistical significance is attainable but only if the sample is representative (i.e.) is random. The critics' claim is that Alexa's data is not representative, in other words the sites that choose to give Alexa their data are somehow don't represent a random sample of all the websites out there. It isn't a question of size but rather of quality.

  2. Re:Thanks Tim by Shemmie · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://www.tomrafteryit.net/oreilly-trademarks-web -20-and-sets-lawyers-on-itcork/

    I seem to remember hearing this, way back when.

  3. Re:Thanks Tim by maxume · · Score: 4, Informative

    http://www.tomrafteryit.net/sorry-tim/

    In short, O'Reilly is partnered with CMP and CMP has the mark and sent the letter.

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